Reconstruction:Latin/radica

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From rādīcula (diminutive of rādīx) via a process of 'de-diminutivization'. This apparently resulted in two variants: one with a short ĭ in the second syllable, the other with a long ī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdika/, /ˈradɪka/

Noun

*rādī̆ca f (plural *rādī̆cās) (Proto-Romance)

1. root

Descendants

From *rādīca:

• Dalmatian: radaica
• Istriot: radíga, radéiga, radíža
• Occitan: rasiga, rasic
• Sardinian: raíga (Campidanese)

From *rādĭca:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: radica

    raca (Val di Chiana)

  • Neapolitan:

    ràdica (Agnone)

    ràreche (Napoli)

    ràteche (Molfetta)

  • Sicilian: ràdica
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: racca
    • ⇒ Piedmontese: rago̢tsa
    • Romagnol: ràdga
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: rage
    • →⇒ Piedmontese: fè ragi ('take root', lit. 'make root')
  • Old French: *rage
    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: radze
    • Lorrain: raδ
  • Occitan: rajo, rádzo, radza (Vivaro-Alpine)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • Campidanese: arráiga
    • Logudorese: ráiga
    • Nuorese: rádica, ráica
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: rrange

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*radīca, *rádica”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 524
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*radĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 16